Yes, that’s right, the official website of the award-winning and best-selling author from southwest Ohio whose books include The Red Letter Life and The Bone Box. In addition to his award-winning radio commentary and article-writing (in such publications as Family Circle, Discipleship Journal, and Poets & Writers), he is a frequent speaker at churches, retreats, and conferences around the world.

BOB HOSTETLER: AUTHOR, AGENT, & MORE

Agent Steve Laube, author Bob Hostetler, and editor Pamela Clements (Worthy Inspired) were honored as The Bard and the Bible received the Inspiration and Gift Book Award and the Book of the Year at the 2017 Selah Awards.

Bob Hostetler is now working as a literary agent with The Steve Laube Agency (see the welcome post on the Steve Laube Agency website here). Bob has been involved in Christian publishing for thirty years and has been represented by Steve Laube for more than a dozen years, so adding the role of agent to his work seems natural. The Steve Laube Agency is among the most respected in publishing today, representing an impressive array of authors.

Bob also serves as executive editor for the new Christian Writers Institute, offering online video and audio courses, books, and other resources for the development of Christian writers.

BOB'S 2018 SPEAKING SCHEDULE

Bob's 2018 schedule includes appearances in North Carolina, Florida, Oregon, and more. See the complete (to date) schedule of speaking engagements here.

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The rabbis in the temple. The wedding guest at Cana. The mother of Judas. We know them only as nameless characters in the crowded days of Jesus' life. Some are mentioned in the Bible. The existence or presence of others, while never mentioned, may be inferred.

Bob Hostetler's Jordan River Anthology gives voice to those people, and imagines what it might have been like to have crossed paths with Jesus of Nazareth as they did. The ninety-three poems in the collection offer fresh--sometimes arresting--perspectives on the Gospels...and on their central character.

Click here to read the first eleven selections, from "The Carpenter's Mother" to "The Customer."